A Scooby-Doo and Chillers Christmas
Chapter 1
This is the special Christmas episode of my made-up Scooby-Doo series, "Scooby-Doo and Chillers."
Snow was falling as the Mystery Machine drove down a road on Christmas Eve. "I love this time of year," Daphne sighed, "The falling snow, the beautiful lights…" In the back, Scooby, wearing a red Santa hat, Chillers, wearing a red and green bow with a jingle bell around her neck, and Shaggy were watching the lights they passed. Scooby seemed very interested at one point, so Chillers looked at what he was looking at…lights on a restaurant. Scooby chuckled and Chillers smiled in amusement.
The Mystery Machine stopped at a tower with an ornately decorated bell at its top. "There it is, gang-the Holly Bell," Fred said, "Every year on Christmas Eve night and Christmas morning, it's rung by the Ringer family."
"Tonight is Christmas Eve night! Like, I can't wait to hear that bell ring again!" Shaggy said. But when the gang got out of the Mystery Machine, they could see that no one else was there, even though it was evening.
"That's strange-it seems to be deserted," Velma remarked.
"Yeah, and it's usually bustling with people on Christmas Eve," Daphne said.
Just then, a man, a woman, and a boy came out of the nearest house and went over to the gang. "Hello there!" the woman said, "I'm Belle Ringer. This is my husband, Ed, and our son, Jim. We're in charge of ringing the Holly Bell every year."
"But this year, the bell won't ring," Ed said sadly.
"What?!" the Scooby gang said at once.
"Like, why, man?" Shaggy said.
"The Holly Bell seems to be unable to ring all of a sudden," Ed replied, "We tried to ring it, but it just wouldn't ring. We've checked all the gears and everything, but there's nothing wrong with them."
"Mr. Ringer, do you mind if we take a look inside the bell tower?" Velma asked.
Inside the bell tower, Velma looked at the gears and equipment used to ring the Holly Bell. "Mr. Ringer is right-everything here is in working condition," she said.
Suddenly, Belle looked around. "Where's Jim?" she said worriedly. Everyone now saw that Jim was not in the tower. Then, there was a growling sound outside. What appeared to be a Christmas tree with two gleaming yellow eyes peered through the window from outside. "What is that?" Belle gasped.
"Zoinks! A monster Christmas tree!" Shaggy exclaimed as Scooby jumped in his arms.
"What if that monster has Jim?" Ed worried.
"Don't worry, we'll catch that monster!" Fred said. He grabbed Scooby and Shaggy and ran outside with the girls.
When the gang came outside, they saw no sign of the monster. Then they saw it run into the distance. "Okay, gang, let's split up and search for that Christmas tree," Fred said, and so they split up as usual.
(Scooby and Shaggy)
Scooby and Shaggy walked around the bell tower. "L-like, it's freezing out here!" Shaggy said.
"R-reah, reezing," Scooby agreed.
Just then, they noticed something at the top of the tower. The monster was there, looking at the Holly Bell. Scooby and Shaggy hid. "Like, what's that creepy tree doing up there?" Shaggy wondered.
(Fred and Daphne)
Fred and Daphne walked around the Ringers' house. "Maybe we'll find some clues near the house," Fred said.
"How about those?" Daphne said.